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NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual Section 385.3 - Page 3 Rev. 4/2025 enrollment status due to graduation, suspension, expulsion, or intent not to return to school; ix) an applicant for SSI and SNAP under the joint processing provisions until such time as the individual is: a) determined to be eligible for SSI and, thereby, exempt from work registration; or b) determined to be ineligible for SSI and a subsequent redetermination of his/her work registration status is made; or x) a person age 16 or 17 who is attending school or an employment training program on at least a half-time basis. 2) i) An individual who loses exempt status due to any change in circumstance subject to the reporting requirements of section 387.17(e) of this Title must be registered for work when the change is reported. ii) An individual who loses exempt status due to a change in circumstances not subject to the reporting requirements of section 387.17(e) of this Title must register for work at his/her household's next recertification. 3) Work registrants must be provided with a written statement of their rights and responsibilities and of the consequences of failure to comply. This statement must be provided at each registration and at recertification. 4) Each individual or household has a right to a fair hearing to appeal a denial, reduction or termination of benefits due to the social services official's determination of nonexempt status, or determination of failure to comply with work registration or with work requirements specified in this Part. b) Strikers who are eligible for SNAP under the criteria set forth in section 387.16 of this Title are subject to the employment requirements of this Part unless they are exempt under subdivision (a) of this section at the time of application. c) Work registrant requirements. Work registrants are required to: 1) participate in SNAP employment programs assigned in accordance with the provisions of this Part if so required by the local social services district. Such programs must be established pursuant to a State SNAP employment and training plan; and